cochairman

American  

[koh-chair-muhn] / koʊˈtʃɛər mən /

noun

plural

cochairmen

1. one of two or more joint chairmen.

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Gender

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.

Etymology

Origin of cochairman

First recorded in 1930–35; co- + chairman

Example Sentences

Says Tom Corson, cochairman of Lipa’s label, Warner Records: “What we’re seeing is the dawning of a new superstar.”

From Los Angeles Times

Celebration founder and cochairman Carolyn Vance Smith said this year’s conference gives a reverent nod to a wide range of Mississippi natives.

From Washington Times

Now add Messina, who oversaw President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign; cochairman David Sacks, who worked under Musk at PayPal before scoring big at Yammer; Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, on whose board Musk sits; and BamBrogan, who until recently was one of Musk’s key SpaceX engineers.

From Forbes

When she first came to Blue Mountain, Aronoff was a 20-year-old Oberlin senior sociology student and cochairman of Oberlin Action for Civil Rights.

From Washington Times

Olivier Dahan’s biopic also vexed another longtime Cannes potentate: Harvey Weinstein, cochairman of The Weinstein Company, who has declined to release the director’s European cut in the United States.

From Time